82 FR 3289 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 7 (January 11, 2017)

Page Range		3289-3289
FR Document		2017-00418

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting via webinar, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF142

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC's) Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public
meeting via webinar, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission's (ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, February 6, 2017, from 2
p.m. to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar with a telephone-
only connection option. The webinar can be accessed at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/bsb-ap-2017/. To access via telephone, dial 1-
800-832-0736 and use room number 4472108.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
Web site: www.mafmc.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel,
together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's
Advisory Panel, will meet on Monday, February 6, 2017 via webinar (see
DATES and ADDRESSES). The purpose of this meeting is to review and
comment on the recently approved stock assessment information for black
sea bass, as well as the reports and recommendations of the Council's
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee regarding black sea bass
fishery specifications for 2017-19 (i.e., catch and landings limits for
2017-19, as well as recreational management measures for 2017). The
Council and ASMFC will consider input from the AP at their joint
meeting in February when reviewing these specifications.
A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available
on the Council's Web site (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.

Dated: January 6, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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As part of fishery management plans use of automated collection techniques Commission’s Advisory Panel, will meet
developed under the authority of the or other forms of information on Monday, February 6, 2017 via
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery technology. webinar (see DATES and ADDRESSES). The
Conservation and Management Act, Comments submitted in response to purpose of this meeting is to review and
owners of commercial fishing vessels in this notice will be summarized and/or comment on the recently approved
the Hawaii pelagic longline fishery, included in the request for OMB stock assessment information for black
American Samoa pelagic longline approval of this information collection; sea bass, as well as the reports and
fishery (only vessels longer than 50 they also will become a matter of public recommendations of the Council’s
feet), Northwestern Hawaiian Islands record. Scientific and Statistical Committee
lobster fishery (currently inactive), and Dated: January 5, 2017. (SSC) and the Summer Flounder, Scup,
Northern Mariana Islands bottomfish and Black Sea Bass Monitoring
Sarah Brabson,
fishery (only vessels longer than 40 feet) Committee regarding black sea bass
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. fishery specifications for 2017–19 (i.e.,
must allow the National Oceanic and
[FR Doc. 2017–00349 Filed 1–10–17; 8:45 am] catch and landings limits for 2017–19,
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to
install vessel monitoring system (VMS) BILLING CODE 3510–22–P as well as recreational management
units on their vessels when directed to measures for 2017). The Council and
do so by NOAA enforcement personnel. ASMFC will consider input from the AP
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE at their joint meeting in February when
VMS units automatically send periodic
reports on the position of the vessel. reviewing these specifications.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
NOAA uses the reports to monitor the A detailed agenda and background
Administration
vessel’s location and activities, documents will be made available on
primarily to enforce regulated fishing RIN 0648–XF142 the Council’s Web site (www.mafmc.org)
areas. NOAA pays for the units and prior to the meeting.
messaging. There is no public burden Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Special Accommodations
for the automatic messaging; however,
VMS installation and annual The meeting is physically accessible
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries to people with disabilities. Requests for
maintenance are considered public Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
burden. sign language interpretation or other
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
II. Method of Collection Commerce. Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
ACTION: Notice; public meeting. days prior to the meeting date.
Automatic electronic submission.
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Dated: January 6, 2017.
III. Data
Management Council’s (MAFMC’s) Tracey L. Thompson,
OMB Control Number: 0648–0441. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Form Number: None. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Type of Review: Regular (extension of Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public
meeting via webinar, jointly with the [FR Doc. 2017–00418 Filed 1–10–17; 8:45 am]
a currently approved information
collection). Atlantic States Marine Fisheries BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

Affected Public: Business or other for- Commission’s (ASMFC’s) Summer
profit. Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Advisory Panel. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Estimated Number of Respondents:
209. DATES: The meeting will be held on National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours Monday, February 6, 2017, from 2 p.m. Administration
for installation or replacement of a VMS to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY
unit; 2 hours for annual maintenance. INFORMATION for agenda details. RIN 0648–XF110
Frequency: Annually and on occasion. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place Endangered and Threatened Species;
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. over webinar with a telephone-only
Estimated Total Annual Burden Take of Anadromous Fish
connection option. The webinar can be
Hours: 478 (estimated 15 installations accessed at: http://mafmc.adobe AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
per year). connect.com/bsb-ap-2017/. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Estimated Total Annual Cost to To access via telephone, dial 1–800– Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 832–0736 and use room number Commerce.
costs. 4472108. ACTION: Notice of availability and
IV. Request for Comments Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery request for comment.
Management Council, 800 N. State
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the proposed collection of information telephone: (302) 674–2331; Web site: the Northwest Indian Fisheries
is necessary for the proper performance www.mafmc.org. Commission (NWIFC) has submitted a
of the functions of the agency, including Tribal Resource Management Plan
whether the information shall have FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (Tribal Plan) for NMFS to evaluate. It
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive was presented by the Bureau of Indian
agency’s estimate of the burden Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Affairs (BIA) on behalf of the Northwest
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(including hours and cost) of the Management Council, telephone: (302) Indian Tribes. The submission fulfills
proposed collection of information; (c) 526–5255. the Tribes’ obligations under the
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid- protective regulations promulgated for
clarity of the information to be Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Puget Sound (PS) Chinook salmon,
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Hood Canal summer-run (HCS) chum
burden of the collection of information Bass Advisory Panel, together with the salmon, PS steelhead, and Southern (S)
on respondents, including through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries eulachon under the Endangered Species

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice; public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Monday, February 6, 2017, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation		82 FR 3289
RIN Number		0648-XF14

82 FR 3289 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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